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Japan wants to scrap war-renouncing article 9 of constitution
Faced with threats from North Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is spearheading the call for change. The target? Article 9 of the constitution.
Japan wants to scrap war-renouncing article 9 of constitution
People protest over ending Japan's pacifism. / TRTWorld
October 20, 2017

Most people in the world would agree peace is a good thing. 

But very few countries have actually made it the law. 

Japan has, and people there have lived with constitutional pacifism for 70 years. 

But now a growing number of people want to change that in the face of threatened aggression by North Korea. 

TRT World'sJoel Flynn reports from Tokyo.

SOURCE:TRT World